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Archaeology workers dig at the site of a newly-discovered pyramid, the base of which is seen center-left, at Saqqara near Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, November 11, 2008. [Agencies]
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Saqqara is most famous for the Step Pyramid of King Djoser, built in the 27th century BC.
Excavations have been going on here for about 150 years, uncovering a vast Old Kingdom necropolis of pyramids, tombs and funerary complexes, as well as tombs dating from the New Kingdom about 1,000 years later.
Still, only about a third of the Saqqara complex has been explored so far, with recent digging turning up a number of key finds.
The last new pyramid, found here three years ago, is thought to belong to the wife of Teti's successor, Pepi I.
In June, Hawass' team unveiled a "rediscovery" at Saqqara — a pyramid believed to have been built by King Menkauhor, an obscure pharaoh whose pyramid was first discovered in 1842 but was later buried in sand.
(China Daily via agencies November 12, 2008)
